US Reviewing Designation Of China's Activities As Genocide - Nominee For UN Envoy

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 27, 2021 | 10:05 PM

The US Department of State is reviewing a designation of China's mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs and other minority groups in the region of Xinjiang, President Joe Biden's nominee for United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 27th January, 2021) The US Department of State is reviewing a designation of China's mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs and other minority groups in the region of Xinjiang, President Joe Biden's nominee for United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday.

"What they are doing there has been referred to as genocide, and I know that the State Department is reviewing that as we speak. What they are doing is horrific and I look forward to seeing the results of the review that is being done," Thomas-Greenfield said during her confirmation hearings at the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations.